US and Wallace collide

, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1963
U.S. and Wallace Collide
Governor's Image
Fades in '64 Light
By William H. Stringer
of the Washington Bureau of The Christian Science Monitor
Washington
e same playout of strategies—between President Ken-
and Gov. George C. Wallace of Alabama—now has
pursued to desegregate Alabama's public schools, as
.jpened last summer to open the University of Alabama
irst indications are that Southern indignation at the
lident's federalizing of the 17,000-man Alabama Nail Guard, ordered Tuesday morning, would not hurt
Kennedy so badly this time, because Governor Wal-
already is under sharp criticism in his state for over-
,ig local authorities who had intended to desegregate
>lie schools in Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile, and
iwhere as federal courtsa
ordered. Twenty Negro
were integrated 1
into public schools r
ingham, Mobile, and *»d ne was t0° busy to recelve
Some six federal marshals,
Htlonn Precinilated seeking to serve Governor
n„, w=.n=,.„ «,». „„♦ Wallace with an injunction to
nor wauace was not „keep hands off „ earlier had
as importantly now as been chased from the state
the likely Southern candidate Capitol in Montgomery by na-
and "Dixiecrat hope" for the Uonal guardsmen, before the
presidency as he did after his guard had been federalized, as
University of Alabama inter- the Governor continued his cat-
position in the summer. and-mouse efforts to block de-
The showdown between se5.re«alon.',
t and Govern
jughout the
.__ inevitable when Governor Wallace sent national
guardsmen to schools Sept 10
which were under federal
H^adt^\W.S£ «»«i'^'^S
men after his state troopers -™1^ away rapid
were enjoined on Sept. 9 by Force Employed
court orders from further ob- uri,„«,„ . », ,_ j ai,v.
strurtion Whereas a hundred Alabama
The President issued his ex- "a"°"a' ffirh^i^ll'J
native order placing the A 0°'m M°bl]°
ima National Guard and Air hpf'™ ."^fS?"' ~*~ £
^man'dSy^fr gSS %%£ SirES
"cease and desist" proclama- i*°^f^ **?"!??? _*!5
his "standing i_
doorway" to block enrollment
" two Negroes for the Univar-
-•---» summer
a cease ana aesist prociama- __„„» . ;„,„ .u u L „, i
eVabamfciues-Kin^ ^Sl£ fS1
laving the groundwork for his ?™ent t0 Step m Wlth nuutar»
arrest when the President fed- „„',„,.„, Ih„ ,-_„.„„,„, «_,
oraii»rf th. oiiarrf However, the Governor him-
eralized the guard. self ha(J resorted t0 force to
Marshals Chased Off f0?'!?/'^ "* L0?1 eff°rt£;
__ A, . _ , and this, it seemed to political
The Alabama Governor al- observers, had diminished his
ready was under a powerful stature as a Dixiecrat leader
restraining order, signed by wh° could hope to marshal suf-
five United States district §"«"' /"f?' «f °«eh<jut th.
judges, to keep hands off the S°uth as a presidential candi-
-hools and to maintain order date, J to „wh?m Southerner*
>und them mamMIn oraer would rally in the hopes of
n Montgomery, the order ^°SmgJhe, »964 elec^°f tat»
training Governor Wallaee "* House of Representatives.
m interfering with school President's proclamation!
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, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1963
U.S. and Wallace Collide
Governor's Image
Fades in '64 Light
By William H. Stringer
of the Washington Bureau of The Christian Science Monitor
Washington
e same playout of strategies—between President Ken-
and Gov. George C. Wallace of Alabama—now has
pursued to desegregate Alabama's public schools, as
.jpened last summer to open the University of Alabama
irst indications are that Southern indignation at the
lident's federalizing of the 17,000-man Alabama Nail Guard, ordered Tuesday morning, would not hurt
Kennedy so badly this time, because Governor Wal-
already is under sharp criticism in his state for over-
,ig local authorities who had intended to desegregate
>lie schools in Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile, and
iwhere as federal courtsa
ordered. Twenty Negro
were integrated 1
into public schools r
ingham, Mobile, and *»d ne was t0° busy to recelve
Some six federal marshals,
Htlonn Precinilated seeking to serve Governor
n„, w=.n=,.„ «,». „„♦ Wallace with an injunction to
nor wauace was not „keep hands off „ earlier had
as importantly now as been chased from the state
the likely Southern candidate Capitol in Montgomery by na-
and "Dixiecrat hope" for the Uonal guardsmen, before the
presidency as he did after his guard had been federalized, as
University of Alabama inter- the Governor continued his cat-
position in the summer. and-mouse efforts to block de-
The showdown between se5.re«alon.',
t and Govern
jughout the
.__ inevitable when Governor Wallace sent national
guardsmen to schools Sept 10
which were under federal
H^adt^\W.S£ «»«i'^'^S
men after his state troopers -™1^ away rapid
were enjoined on Sept. 9 by Force Employed
court orders from further ob- uri,„«,„ . », ,_ j ai,v.
strurtion Whereas a hundred Alabama
The President issued his ex- "a"°"a' ffirh^i^ll'J
native order placing the A 0°'m M°bl]°
ima National Guard and Air hpf'™ ."^fS?"' ~*~ £
^man'dSy^fr gSS %%£ SirES
"cease and desist" proclama- i*°^f^ **?"!??? _*!5
his "standing i_
doorway" to block enrollment
" two Negroes for the Univar-
-•---» summer
a cease ana aesist prociama- __„„» . ;„,„ .u u L „, i
eVabamfciues-Kin^ ^Sl£ fS1
laving the groundwork for his ?™ent t0 Step m Wlth nuutar»
arrest when the President fed- „„',„,.„, Ih„ ,-_„.„„,„, «_,
oraii»rf th. oiiarrf However, the Governor him-
eralized the guard. self ha(J resorted t0 force to
Marshals Chased Off f0?'!?/'^ "* L0?1 eff°rt£;
__ A, . _ , and this, it seemed to political
The Alabama Governor al- observers, had diminished his
ready was under a powerful stature as a Dixiecrat leader
restraining order, signed by wh° could hope to marshal suf-
five United States district §"«"' /"f?' «f °«ehund them mamMIn oraer would rally in the hopes of
n Montgomery, the order ^°SmgJhe, »964 elec^°f tat»
training Governor Wallaee "* House of Representatives.
m interfering with school President's proclamation!
integration finally was served Page I.